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Reese Erlich

Reese Erlich's syndicated column, Foreign Correspondent, appears every two weeks. His book The Iran Agenda Today: The Real Story from Inside Iran and What's Wrong with US Policy ­will be published in October. See his website or follow him on Twitter: @ReeseErlich

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ViewsSunday, March 24, 2019How the Media Distort News from VenezuelaWhenever officials in Washington, D.C. set out to overthrow a foreign government, mainstream US media outlets are there to give a helping hand. All pretense of fairness and balance disappear in favor of outrageous distortion. For the most recent example, let’s look at Venezuela. Both high-level...Read more

ViewsSunday, March 10, 2019What’s Really Going On in Kashmir?Diplomats and the mainstream media focused on the danger of another war between the two nuclear-armed countries. But the major media provided less information about the flashpoint for the crisis: India’s brutal occupation of Kashmir. Assistant Professor Junaid Ahmad, director of the Center for...Read more

ViewsMonday, December 31, 2018Trump: The Sudden Anti-War Champion?Last week President Donald Trump surprised the world, and much of his own staff, by announcing plans to pull more than 2,000 US troops out of Syria. Then he said he would cut the number of US troops in Afghanistan in half. In response, Secretary of Defense James “Mad Dog” Mattis and special envoy...Read more

ViewsFriday, December 14, 2018Sex, Russia and ImpeachmentAmerica's largest city is abuzz over the latest revelations about Donald Trump's crimes. I'm here on book tour discussing Iran, but audiences want to know if Trump will be impeached. Court documents filed in the case of Trump's long-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen show The Donald paid off two...Read more

ViewsFriday, November 02, 2018Murder of Saudi Journalist Builds Opposition to Yemen WarThe murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has backfired on the Saudi royal family by focusing new attention on its vicious war on Yemen. The last few weeks have seen startling new reports on civilian atrocities and growing support for a House of Representative resolution invoking the...Read more

ViewsThursday, October 25, 2018What the Khashoggi Case Tells Us About "Terrorism"ISTANBUL — In 2013, an Iranian national living in Texas was sentenced to 25 years in prison for planning to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, D.C. The State Department alleged that Iran’s Al Quds force masterminded the terrorist plot . Although the bombing never took place and Iran...Read more

ViewsMonday, August 27, 2018What Fifteen Years of U.S. Occupation Has Produced? Angry IraqisMilitant protests, which began July 14, continue in Iraq’s oil-rich city of Basra, despite a harsh government crackdown. Thousands of Iraqis are demanding jobs, restoration of basic utility services, and an end to government corruption. The protests have quickly spread to other southern Iraqi...Read more

ViewsTuesday, August 14, 2018Afghanistan Has Become Trump’s ‘Failed Narco State’President Donald Trump is back on the stump, trumpeting his alleged triumphs since the 2016 election. Somehow, he never mentions Afghanistan. For years, Trump has denounced endless foreign wars, including Afghanistan. For example, he tweeted in 2012 that Afghanistan is “a complete waste. Time to...Read more

ViewsSaturday, July 28, 2018US Losing Trade War with ChinaWhen I first reported from China in 1980, bicycles outnumbered cars on Beijing's major streets, and the tallest building in town was a 25-story hotel. I visited a small village that had one black and white TV, which everyone watched at night. Today China's major cities are jammed with modern...Read more

ViewsFriday, July 13, 2018Netanyahu, Putin, and Trump — Jockeying for Power in SyriaFOREIGN CORRESPONDENT Russian bombs rained down on towns of southern Syria as an estimated 320,000 civilians fled for their lives. Over the past several weeks tens of thousands walked to the Jordanian and Israeli borders hoping to escape the onslaught. Rula Amin, a spokesperson for the UN refugee...Read more

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